tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14858228.post6055914602448277174..comments2024-03-20T09:40:08.593+01:00Comments on Stepping Stones: Just Give a Straight Answer!Miss Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755376182972818159noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14858228.post-75121877281562783892009-04-12T15:00:00.000+02:002009-04-12T15:00:00.000+02:00Hi Kim,This is the sort of thing I love about livi...Hi Kim,<BR/><BR/>This is the sort of thing I love about living in another culture! It keeps you entertained (if you have a sense of humor) and surprised and confused. In Indonesia people often giggle when they're nervous. One time in the garden, the washing line pole broke and hit my daughter -- not badly, but she was shocked by it. The gardener stood there and just giggled and she was so upset! "He laughed at me!" she wailed. But actually, he was just worried and nervous!<BR/><BR/>Miss Footloose, loving this stuff.<BR/><BR/>www.lifeintheexpatlane.blogspot.comMiss Footloosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601892611652195901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14858228.post-56141594436784737812009-03-08T14:14:00.000+01:002009-03-08T14:14:00.000+01:00Hi Kim!Sorry I couldn’t visit you for the last wee...Hi Kim!<BR/>Sorry I couldn’t visit you for the last weeks! I’m trying to catch-up and see the wonders you have around!<BR/>Amazing post on the numbers; currency changes always create problems, even for well advised: imagine the Euro change... ;)<BR/>Great pictures of the kids!<BR/>Happy belated birthday, and Happy International Day (on time)!!<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, the last of the beautiful Forts in Jaipur waits you and your comments at <A HREF="http://blogtrotta.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Blogtrotter</A>: – The Nahargarh Fort! Enjoy and have a great week!GMGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14858228.post-77057425924274205722009-03-07T03:25:00.000+01:002009-03-07T03:25:00.000+01:00I read both yours and the post you recommended and...I read both yours and the post you recommended and laughed. I don't know WHAT I'd do! I am quite reserved; I'd be so shocked!Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623179886908222942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14858228.post-39372722664526634282009-03-03T02:01:00.000+01:002009-03-03T02:01:00.000+01:00CULTURE! Can't live with it, can't live without i...CULTURE! Can't live with it, can't live without it!Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14858228.post-32125786433486695452009-03-02T16:31:00.001+01:002009-03-02T16:31:00.001+01:00I'd gladly tell them how much it cost, but I'm not...I'd gladly tell them how much it cost, but I'm not telling them how much I weigh! Haha!Tinsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117009077032779594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14858228.post-85136615045445166252009-03-02T16:31:00.000+01:002009-03-02T16:31:00.000+01:00This is hilarious. Politically correct is definite...This is hilarious. Politically correct is definitely a foreign concept for Albanians. None of this stuff is malignant. We are not too sensitive about issues of weight, looks, and hair-color. <BR/>And honestly, you DON'T "need" to tell them anything "exactly". Nor do they really "need" to know exactly. This is small talk for Albanians. So feel free to make things up and confuse them even more. Just tell them you paid half the actual price for anything they ask. They will have immense respect for your deal-making abilities. And again, you can answer anyway you like. It's just small talk and it will be instantly forgotten. <BR/>The new and old Lek is also funny. We go by the "old lek" cuz it makes us feel wealthier.ITShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15958814876642124728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14858228.post-58679590990109306502009-03-01T11:39:00.000+01:002009-03-01T11:39:00.000+01:00Then reading the post ... I ended up smiling, I gu...Then reading the post ... I ended up smiling, I guess it's never dull in Albania :)Di Mackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273089782589416134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14858228.post-22306197107745759812009-03-01T11:35:00.000+01:002009-03-01T11:35:00.000+01:00Kind of unrelated but I've lost your email address...Kind of unrelated but I've lost your email address in my big inbox clean-up. There were thousands going back a long time and my system of clearance seems to have involved quite a bit of human error :(<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I just found your comment stuck in the backend of my blog for some reason. I forget to check as so few get caught there but there were 2 this time.<BR/><BR/>I asked Gert and he gave the thumbs up to the EOS 1000. Sorry for putting you wrong. I knew he had researched it but thought he had found it lacking however ... it was the opposite. It's good.<BR/><BR/>Okay ... enough from me xoDi Mackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273089782589416134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14858228.post-80941390397175073352009-02-27T16:49:00.000+01:002009-02-27T16:49:00.000+01:00OMigosh, okay first off, the how much you weigh co...OMigosh, okay first off, the how much you weigh comments are HORRIBLE! Secondly, you're exactly right, EVERYONE asks me how much I pay for everything, EVERYTHING!<BR/><BR/>But the thing I laughed the most about was this system of old and new lek, it is absolutely RIDICULOUS!!!! People, can we please get it together???Gezuarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15401628656298494684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14858228.post-59383321122514899342009-02-27T10:35:00.000+01:002009-02-27T10:35:00.000+01:00I have found that "how much did you pay for it" cu...I have found that "how much did you pay for it" culture in a lot of expat communities.MsTypohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10405552178619579820noreply@blogger.com